Outdoors · Georgetown

Georgetown, CO parks, trails & bike paths

About 13% of Georgetown is conserved land, roughly 89 acres. There are about 4.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Georgetown Lake Park (0.7 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Georgetown, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Georgetown outdoors

Conserved land
13%
89 of 702 acres
Trails
4.2 mi
3.8 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
85 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.5 mi
0.6 mi lanes · 0.5 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Georgetown Lake Park

Park
9 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Meadows Park

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Gateway Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Georgetown Greenway Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Dog parks in Georgetown
Werlin Park
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 0.6 miUnpaved 3.3 mi
  • Laguna Beach Trail0.4 mi
  • Union Pass Trail0.2 mi
  • Georgetown Greenway0.1 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

89 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
82 ac
Town or city
3 ac
County
2 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 6 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.6 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.5 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes1.4 mi

Courts & fields

  • Soccer1
  • Tennis1
  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Georgetown

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 82 acLocal Other or Unknown 3 acLocal Conservation Area 3 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Georgetown State Wildlife AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife81Open
Georgetown LakeLocal Conservation AreaTown or city3Open
Saxon Mtn Open SpaceLocal Other or UnknownCounty1Access unknown
Georgetown WWAState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife1Open
Dunbarton Saxon Mtn Open SpaceLocal Other or UnknownCounty1Closed
Block 83Local Other or UnknownTown or city1Access unknown
History

Historic places to visit

Centennial MillBuilding
Hotel De ParisBuilding
OLD TOWN JAIL 1883Plaque
Old Town JailBuilding · 1883-05..1883-08
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Georgetown's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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